To create meaningful change by increasing communication, partnerships, and goodwill among stakeholders in the areas of mental health clinical research, advocacy, and treatment with emphasis on community and advocacy engagement, stigma reduction, and ensuring that clinical research is widely recognized as a trusted care option.
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Check out the latest STARR Newsletter!
FEATURED PODCAST
In avatar therapy, a clinician gives voice to their patients’ inner demons. For some of the participants in a new trial, the results have been astounding. By Jenny Kleeman
In the summer of 2019, when Joe was 21, he went on a university rugby tour of California. One night, one of his teammates bought some cannabis edibles to share, and Joe ate some. For the next 12 hours, he believed he was in hell. He was on fire; his body was suffused with pain. His ears were filled first with incoherent screaming and then with sinister whispering. Joe’s friends thought their teammate’s bad trip was funny, even as they wrestled him away from the windows when he tried to jump from the seventh floor of their hotel.
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Check out this month’s podcast on this interesting therapeutic treatment for psychosis!
STARR Site Certification
We recognize that mental health clinical research is a particularly challenging area within research so we’ve brought together stakeholders from pharma, CRO’s, and sites to identify some obstacles and challenges unique to CNS research.
The STARR Site Certification is a result of these conversations.
WHY GET STARR CERTIFIED?
Leverage a greater network by engaging in the community and advocacy.
Increase subject retention and overall research success by promoting empathy and communication between site staff and patients.
Increase site staff’s overall job satisfaction and commitment by encouraging awareness and involvement in the bigger picture.
By becoming certified through the STARR Site Certification program, Sponsors and CRO’s are able to immediately identify research sites adhering to the STARR standards and best practices.
The Messaging Committee created a series of commercials to address the stigma of mental illness and promote research. These videos are available to Coalition members to use for website, social media, or television spots. We can edit your organizations information to the end of the spots. To see more videos, log into the Community Login and look in the Gallery.
Latest News
Thursday, December 5, 2024
We invite everyone to join us for the STARR Annual Awards Celebration on Thursday, December 19th! This year’s zoom event will be cheerfully hosted by Adam Simmons and will be a great […]